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Patented July l. 1884.

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HAME.

Patented .July 1, 1884.

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.T0 all whom, it may concern:

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JOHN S. MITCHELL, OF NEWIARIQIEIV JERSEY.

' SIEOIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,256, dated July l, 1884.

Application filed March Q9, 1834.

Be it known that I, JOHN S. MITCHELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Haines; and l', do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in the construction of hames, and has for its object to provide ahame which shall be adapted to conform on its inner or bearing surface to the shape of the neck of a horse where it joinstheshoulders, and which will, when in position upon the collar, lie `flat against the after wale and conform to the contour thereof throughout its entire length, thus distributing the strain of the draft over the whole collar and preventing the wearing of the covering of the collar by reason of chafing ofthe haine; and with these ends in view my invention consists in the details of construction hereinafter fully set forth, and then speciiicall y designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may more full y understand its construction, I will proceed to describe the saine in detail, referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure lis a perspective of an ordinary eollar; Fig. 2, a detail perspective of my improved llame, and Fig. 3, a perspective view of the collar with the haine adapted thereto.

, Similar letters denote like parts in the sevveral figures ofthe drawings.

spiral curvature of the hame arises from the peculiar shape of the crease between the fore wale and after wale of the collar, caused by (No model.)

the fact that while the fore wale preserves substantially the same diameter throughout its circumference, the diameter of the. after Wale constantly changes throughout its length, being small at the Withers, gradually increasing, until at the point over the horses shoulder and under the draw-lug reaching its greatest diameter, and then gradually decreasing in size toward the breast endV of the collar. This shape of the after wale, together with the general oval shape of the whole collar, gives to the crease between the wales a curve rising in the center and drooping at the ends, while at the same time it also has a curve corresponding substantially to the external contour of the horses neck. In my improvement the bending and twisting of the haine in the two directions, as shown at Fig. 2, causes the flat or bearing surface of thehame to conform throughout its entire length to the surface of the after wale, and its inner edge to fit snugly from end to end wit-hin the crease between the wales.

By the use of my improved haine not only will a collar made substantially to fit the neck of a' horse be always retained in its proper contour, but a collar improperly formed will, by reason of its flexibility, be drawn by the action of the haines into shape, and be there retained.

In the construction of my improved haine the shape is such that the inner face of the haine substantially conforms to the shape of a horses neck from withers to breast, and the pressure upon the collar is distributed evenly throughout its length.

I do n ot wislrto be confined to the exact kind of haine shown in the drawings, as this is not material to my invention, the gist of which rests in the broad idea of constructing a haine which, by means of spiral curvatures from the draw-lug toward either end,will conform perfectly to the compound curvature of the crease between the fore and after wales of the collar, and thus prevent ehafing and wear upon the covering of the collar, and also evenly distribute the draft `throughout its entire length.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l.. A hame bent and twisted from the draw- IOO lug toward the ends,\vhereby the inner edge is tour of the after Wale, substantially as shown 1o adapted to the curvature of the collar, and the and described. under surface is conformed to the contour of In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the after Wale, substantially as set forth. presence of two Witnesses.

2. In combination with an ordinary horsecollar, a heme Whose inner edge describes a Y JOHN S' MITCHELL' segment of a spiral from the draw-lug toward Writnesses: the respective ends of the heme, and Whose W. T. HAVILAND, under surface is closely adapted to the con- S. S. VILLIAMsoN. 

